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those exact boehner words. that's a significant change. from what boehner had previously said. and it land him more safely within the parliamentary history of debt ceiling votes as i explained here last night. see you should have been here last night. but, the most accurate way to say it, is simply that the debt ceiling has been included as ate completely noncontroversial and frequently invisible element in a, much larger bills, generally having something to do with the budget. something important to do with the budget. the white house didn't have to watch the rewrite to know it. everybody there knew it. today is the first day the president made the point very clear. point we made here last night. >> if you look at the history. people posture about the debt ceiling frequently. but the way the debt ceiling often got passed you would stick the debt ceiling on to a budget negotiation once it was completed. people figured -- i don't want to take a bunch of tough votes to cut programs, raise taxes then have to take a debt ceiling vote. let me do it all at once. but it wasn't a situa
those exact boehner words. that's a significant change. from what boehner had previously said. and it land him more safely within the parliamentary history of debt ceiling votes as i explained here last night. see you should have been here last night. but, the most accurate way to say it, is simply that the debt ceiling has been included as ate completely noncontroversial and frequently invisible element in a, much larger bills, generally having something to do with the budget. something...
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if the boehner bill passes, it heads to the senate, where the boehner bill's great adventure will come to an end. senate democratic leader harry reid has the signed commitment of 53 senate votes against the boehner bill. majority leader reid's spokesman tweeted, boehner's bill dies tonight forever. rush limbaugh is worried that the democrats will find a way to use the boehner bill to make the republicans look bad once again. >> he will go to the senate, where it will be pronounced dead on arrival. and then dingy harry will say, what, there's enough here. you know what? we can work with this. we didn't realize all that was in this. there's some stuff that, yeah, yeah, yeah, so reid will take parts and plug these things from my bill into this and maybe i can get some democrat votes on it after all. and then miraculously, miraculously, the prince of compromise, harry reid, steals the day by compromising with just an outrageous dead on arrival bill. gets all kinds of credit for hard work, rolling up the sleeves, and that magic compromise, and then sends that back to the house. ok, republic
if the boehner bill passes, it heads to the senate, where the boehner bill's great adventure will come to an end. senate democratic leader harry reid has the signed commitment of 53 senate votes against the boehner bill. majority leader reid's spokesman tweeted, boehner's bill dies tonight forever. rush limbaugh is worried that the democrats will find a way to use the boehner bill to make the republicans look bad once again. >> he will go to the senate, where it will be pronounced dead on...
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. >> that's about right. >> 65 is where boehner checks in. we were talking about boehner in the last segment. what lawrence is saying is true. it's not boehner's fault he's a weak speaker, but he is an incredibly weak speaker. there's that thing in the times saying maybe they're coming around. i don't think they're coming around at all. the problem is the republican party is driven by this sort of conservative movement more now than ever before in the last couple of years. boehner is a little more old school in that. he came to congress in 1990. he was sort of a reformer and teamed up with democrats, he was more pragmatic and climbed into the leadership and fell out and climbed back in. he was next in line for the leadership when the tea party thing happen. the story of his speakership is the tea party conservatives are waiting for the minute he sells them out. he hasn't sold them out yet. >> it's like the tail wagging the dog. >> he doesn't exercise any p power. this is a test this month. he's waiting this out and looking to have enough cred
. >> that's about right. >> 65 is where boehner checks in. we were talking about boehner in the last segment. what lawrence is saying is true. it's not boehner's fault he's a weak speaker, but he is an incredibly weak speaker. there's that thing in the times saying maybe they're coming around. i don't think they're coming around at all. the problem is the republican party is driven by this sort of conservative movement more now than ever before in the last couple of years. boehner...
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i'm john boehner. i serve as speaker of the whole house, of the members of both parties that you elect. these are difficult times in the life of our nation. millions are looking for work and have been for some time and and the spending binge going on in washington is part of the reason why. before i served in congress, i ran a small business in ohio. i was amazed at how different washington, d.c. operated than every other business in america, where most american businesses make the hard choices of paying their bills and living within their means, in washington, more spending and more debt is business as usual. i've got news for washington, those days are over. president obama came to congress in january and requested business as usual. he had another routine increase in the national debt, but we in the house said not so fast. he was a president asking for the largest debt increase in history on the heels of the largest spending binge in history. here's what we got from that massive spending binge, a ne
i'm john boehner. i serve as speaker of the whole house, of the members of both parties that you elect. these are difficult times in the life of our nation. millions are looking for work and have been for some time and and the spending binge going on in washington is part of the reason why. before i served in congress, i ran a small business in ohio. i was amazed at how different washington, d.c. operated than every other business in america, where most american businesses make the hard choices...
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and that's why as sam says as dramatic as this is here tonight with boehner, and it's a test of boehner and whether the tea party will go along, et cetera, this is all the republicans' argument right now. >> sam, it seems to me there may well be an opportune moment somewhere in this process for the president to actually issue some specific veto threats. there is nothing that strengthens the image of a president more clearly than saying, this is what i will not accept. it is also an absolutely necessary guide post for legislating. knowing what the president will veto is crucially important to the legislative process. >> yeah. i don't think it's going to happen in this debt ceiling debate. but keep in mind we have a government shutdown debate impending in about a month and a half when the continuing resolution runs out. and after that, we have in a year and a half, the expiration of the bush tax cuts. by all stretches of the imagination, they won't get tax reformation done right now. so we'll have to deal with this when they set up this deficit reduction commission. so i think the one thi
and that's why as sam says as dramatic as this is here tonight with boehner, and it's a test of boehner and whether the tea party will go along, et cetera, this is all the republicans' argument right now. >> sam, it seems to me there may well be an opportune moment somewhere in this process for the president to actually issue some specific veto threats. there is nothing that strengthens the image of a president more clearly than saying, this is what i will not accept. it is also an...
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give up your craziness, john boehner. see if can you find, i don't know, 50 not insane republicans and then we can give you the resting democratic votes if you get the crazy ideas off the table. >> that suggests this is not just about painting the world purple and making things friendly and washington discourse more civil. it's a suggestion that reason we need bipartisanship is because otherwise we can't govern. that the state actually shuts down, that this is the ultimate dysfunction. >> there comes a moment where the thing you want to do, nafta is a great example, trade deals are a great example. the thing you want to do, the support for it is in the middle. you won't be able to get liberals on it. you won't be able to get others on it. so you have to know how you deal with the middle. the house republicans and at this stage of the game even the senate republicans have no more playbook that tells them how to deal with the middle. bob dole is the last republican leader in the congress who knew how to deal with the middle
give up your craziness, john boehner. see if can you find, i don't know, 50 not insane republicans and then we can give you the resting democratic votes if you get the crazy ideas off the table. >> that suggests this is not just about painting the world purple and making things friendly and washington discourse more civil. it's a suggestion that reason we need bipartisanship is because otherwise we can't govern. that the state actually shuts down, that this is the ultimate dysfunction....
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president obama praises john boehner and quotes ronald reagan, and john boehner attacks the president. >>> after the president asked you to contact members of congress with your opinions on his balanced approach to deficit reduction and raising the debt ceiling, the huffington post is reporting that you have crashed the e-mail servers on capitol hill. congratulations. while those servers were crashing, house speaker john boehner was ridiculing the president, and tea party republicans were rebelling against the speaker. that's next. later, tim pawlenty talks tough in iowa about the president. in the process he does what you just saw congresswoman blackburn do, he lies that the president has offered no plans to solve this budget crisis. that's in the rewrite ahead. let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement insurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or
president obama praises john boehner and quotes ronald reagan, and john boehner attacks the president. >>> after the president asked you to contact members of congress with your opinions on his balanced approach to deficit reduction and raising the debt ceiling, the huffington post is reporting that you have crashed the e-mail servers on capitol hill. congratulations. while those servers were crashing, house speaker john boehner was ridiculing the president, and tea party republicans...
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so that's it, jay, we had -- the senate has disposed of the boehner bill, the short-lived boehner bill. i don't think i've seen a house bill passed and then defeated in quite such a quick period of time in one evening. does the president think that there is a way for him to stay out of this? if mcconnell wants him in, does that mean the white house wants to stay out? >> i think the white house -- and, you know, behind the scenes a lot of politicians have said to me in both chambers the president's presence hasn't been helpful in these negotiations. he elevates it to a point where, you know, it's so high up you can't really discuss behind closed doors, you really need to sort of -- a lot of this has to be done through staffers, through getting the basic kind of details of the bills nailed down, and elevating it to that level isn't that helpful, especially when reid and mcconnell have negotiated so many bills together, know each other so well, have a comfortable relationship. boehner and obama have negotiated, but those fell apart twice. and so, i mean, having the president in the room h
so that's it, jay, we had -- the senate has disposed of the boehner bill, the short-lived boehner bill. i don't think i've seen a house bill passed and then defeated in quite such a quick period of time in one evening. does the president think that there is a way for him to stay out of this? if mcconnell wants him in, does that mean the white house wants to stay out? >> i think the white house -- and, you know, behind the scenes a lot of politicians have said to me in both chambers the...
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speaker boehner could lost as many as 24 votes. the house gop leadership will now make changes to the bill. house rules committee will have an emergency meeting tonight. the bill will be changed, and speaker boehner will try again tomorrow. earlier tonight senator john mccain said what this vote means for house speaker john boehner. >> this is really his leadership of the republicans in the house, and being speaker is clearly at stake here if he can't bring his people along. >> it has been a day of confusion for republicans everywhere, not just on capitol hill. republican senior strategist rush limbaugh is worried that the democrats might be outsmarting the republicans by tricking them into trying to move the boehner bill. limbaugh is not sure exactly how the republicans should vote on the boehner bill. that's how wild the confusion is on this. listen to rush limbaugh. >> the problem then becomes republicans refuse to compromise, which is what the democrats want all along. meanwhile, republicans think by dumping this in reid's lap
speaker boehner could lost as many as 24 votes. the house gop leadership will now make changes to the bill. house rules committee will have an emergency meeting tonight. the bill will be changed, and speaker boehner will try again tomorrow. earlier tonight senator john mccain said what this vote means for house speaker john boehner. >> this is really his leadership of the republicans in the house, and being speaker is clearly at stake here if he can't bring his people along. >> it...
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that's what boehner and the republicans want. you remember that when boehner and the president a couple weeks ago were negotiating a deal that raised the medicare age and increased medicare cautionary charges, medicaid cuts affected social security cost of living adjustment, all those things combined produced about $650 billion in entitlement cuts. this committee is supposed to come up with 1.5 trillion. if boehner will not allow -- if the republicans will not allow any revenue to be on the table for the joint committee and they say they won't, there's no way the democrats on the committee will agree to 1.5 trillion of entitlement and a deeper domestic cuts. the joint committee will fail, and we will be set up for these big across the board cuts to kick in in january 2013 and we will fight about this throughout the entire election year in 2012. the outcome is in doubt at this point. >> there is nothing stupidier than indiscriminate nature across the board cuts. jared, take us to the larger economic impacts of this. here we are in
that's what boehner and the republicans want. you remember that when boehner and the president a couple weeks ago were negotiating a deal that raised the medicare age and increased medicare cautionary charges, medicaid cuts affected social security cost of living adjustment, all those things combined produced about $650 billion in entitlement cuts. this committee is supposed to come up with 1.5 trillion. if boehner will not allow -- if the republicans will not allow any revenue to be on the...
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home state of john boehner. it's pretty clear what they want to do is sort of an old school state of the union approach where you throw your agenda out there and then you actually travel the country and sell it. this president didn't do it with health care very well and didn't do it with previous state of the unions. something got in the way. the plan is not to let something get in the way. >> chuck todd, a great job of scrubbing your comments of washington speak tonight too. chuck, thank you very much for staying with us. >> all right, buddy. >> joining me now, msnbc's ed schultz and al sharpton here in new york along with chris matthews who joins us again from washington. chris, i'm going to keep going back to the practicalities of how does this thing move and how does it move given that it spreads over so many congressional committees. this is a very, very difficult challenge legislatively and boehner we now know chuck just reported the boehner reaction statement welcoming in effect. let's have the dialogue.
home state of john boehner. it's pretty clear what they want to do is sort of an old school state of the union approach where you throw your agenda out there and then you actually travel the country and sell it. this president didn't do it with health care very well and didn't do it with previous state of the unions. something got in the way. the plan is not to let something get in the way. >> chuck todd, a great job of scrubbing your comments of washington speak tonight too. chuck, thank...
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i don't blame john boehner. i think he has the hardest job in the world because these are people who respected him as speaker and refuses to follow the lead. he is trying to get them good deals. they won't take yes for an answer at this point. very difficult. >> there's a detail that came out and i don't know. i had it somewhere on one of these little cards, these cheat sheets. that boehner when he announced he was going to make the deal put everybody on mute. >> finically! >> on conference call so people couldn't voice opposition. why didn't he just do that on sunday and will this be a tactic going forward? >> i don't think it will be a tactic going forward because you have to be able to listen to your caucus. you get to a point where this has to be the end of the deal, we've got to stop the bleeding. there's enough whining taken place. it was a fate of complete if they were going to take the consent on this today and get it done. no point in him listening to the tea party bash him again on the phone. some of t
i don't blame john boehner. i think he has the hardest job in the world because these are people who respected him as speaker and refuses to follow the lead. he is trying to get them good deals. they won't take yes for an answer at this point. very difficult. >> there's a detail that came out and i don't know. i had it somewhere on one of these little cards, these cheat sheets. that boehner when he announced he was going to make the deal put everybody on mute. >> finically! >>...
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the republicans, he forced the up to now most patient of republican negotiators, house speaker, john boehner, to walk away from any more negotiating sessions with the white house on a deficit reduction package. you will recall that weeks ago the president maneuvered eric cantor into walking out of the deficit reduction talks to great advantage of the white house in its perception of being willing to compromise, willing to extend itself, willing to as the president would say frequently, bend over backwards with the negotiations with the intransigent republicans. now the republicans are walking away yet again. after receiving a phone call from house speaker john boehner, where the president learned that the speaker and the republicans would no longer negotiate with him over a deficit reduction deal, the president went to the press briefing room to give his reaction to the american people. >> i just got a call about a half hour ago from speaker boehnor, who indicated that he was going to be walking away from the negotiations that we've been engaged in here at the white house for a big deficit r
the republicans, he forced the up to now most patient of republican negotiators, house speaker, john boehner, to walk away from any more negotiating sessions with the white house on a deficit reduction package. you will recall that weeks ago the president maneuvered eric cantor into walking out of the deficit reduction talks to great advantage of the white house in its perception of being willing to compromise, willing to extend itself, willing to as the president would say frequently, bend...
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boehner, mr. boehner, you are going to send the independents running right back to obama if you don't grant him the speech, because all the american people care about right now is jobs, they don't care about the reagan library or republican presidential debate, they care about jobs. if you tell the president he can't come up on the day he wants, you're going to send independents off. that's how they are going to try to intimidate boehner. boehner should say, mr. president, i'm not going to assist you in your political games. >> joining me now, the co-author of "game change," national affairs editor for new york magazine and author of "revival, struggle for survival" richard wolffe, thank you both for joining me tonight. richard, is this the night i have to begin this program by saying rush limbaugh is right, the president was trying to upstage the republican debate. is there any real working theory to the contrary? >> no, you don't have to say that rush limbaugh is right. this is, obviously, a cam
boehner, mr. boehner, you are going to send the independents running right back to obama if you don't grant him the speech, because all the american people care about right now is jobs, they don't care about the reagan library or republican presidential debate, they care about jobs. if you tell the president he can't come up on the day he wants, you're going to send independents off. that's how they are going to try to intimidate boehner. boehner should say, mr. president, i'm not going to...
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president obama praises john boehner and quotes ronald reagan, and john boehner attacks the president. nnouncer ] this is the network. a network of possibilities. excuse me? my grandfather was born in this village. [ automated voice speaks foreign language ] [ male announcer ] in here, everyone speaks the same language. ♪ in here, forklifts drive themselves. no, he doesn't have it. yeah, we'll look on that. [ male announcer ] in here, friends leave you messages written in the air. that's it right there. [ male announcer ] it's the at&t network. and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. whose long day starts with arthritis pain... and a choice. take tylenol arthritis and maybe up to six in a day... or choose aleve and two pills for a day free of pain. happy chopping. with other top companies. with an esurance quote, you know you're getting a great deal. you can thank our tech team for that. sure, i'll let them know. bye-bye. aha! anything you want to share? with the tech team? oh, i'm dating that girl in accounting. seriously? yeah, we're pretty serious. [ female annou
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john boehner has been preventing the entire time. that i think is what is so important here. and as you know -- from, from election night when you were predicting some of the debt ceiling shenanigans. when we looked in the senate. there are always people who vote against it. there were 66 republicans who voted against -- after they got the super committee sequester cut compromise, concessions the president realized he would never issue again. so the 49 members of the tea party. plus a couple other whackos, a nice term for what, what they're doing. may always be against this. the majority including republicans will hike it soon as john boehner gets out of the way of the majority rule. >> want to listen, to another thing, nan seep pelosi said today about what this has already cost us. let's listen to this. >> people are now going to pay more for their interest on loans for student loans, their mortgage, their car payments, their credit card bills. if they're small business owners they're going to pay more interest on their business loans. so, your interest will go up. and your
john boehner has been preventing the entire time. that i think is what is so important here. and as you know -- from, from election night when you were predicting some of the debt ceiling shenanigans. when we looked in the senate. there are always people who vote against it. there were 66 republicans who voted against -- after they got the super committee sequester cut compromise, concessions the president realized he would never issue again. so the 49 members of the tea party. plus a couple...
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in spending cuts boehner believed he had come up with. it turns out the boehner- specified cuts would be $300 billion less than what he thought. tea party republicans had already objected to the boehner plan as being too small a spending cut to be worthy of their support. that had provoked house majority leader eric cantor to call for unity around the boehner plan, telling house republicans to "quit grumbling and whining and call the president's bluff by passing the boehner plan." now that the boehner plan has turned out to be a mirage, the grumbling and whining among house republicans his resumed full force. but having heard eric cantor's announcement earlier today that the boehner bill was nothing but a symbolic stunt designed to call the president's bluff, the white house rushed to prove the president is not bluffing. the administration strongly opposes house passage of the amendment in the nature of a substitute to s-627 if s-627 is presented to the president, the president's senior advisors would recommend he veto this bill. senate m
in spending cuts boehner believed he had come up with. it turns out the boehner- specified cuts would be $300 billion less than what he thought. tea party republicans had already objected to the boehner plan as being too small a spending cut to be worthy of their support. that had provoked house majority leader eric cantor to call for unity around the boehner plan, telling house republicans to "quit grumbling and whining and call the president's bluff by passing the boehner plan." now...
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home state of john boehner. it's pretty clear what they want to do is sort of an old school state of the union approach where you throw your agenda out there and then you actually travel the country and sell it. this president didn't do it with health care very well and didn't do it with previous state of the unions. something got in the way. the plan is not to let something get in the way. >> chuck todd, a great job of scrubbing your comments of washington speak tonight too. chuck, thank you very much for staying with us. >> all right, buddy. >> joining me now, msnbc's ed schultz and al sharpton here in new york along with chris matthews who joins us again from washington. chris, i'm going to keep going back to the practicalities of how does this thing move and how does it move given that it spreads over so many congressional committees. this is a very, very difficult challenge legislatively and boehner we now know chuck just reported the boehner reaction statement welcoming in effect. let's have the dialogue.
home state of john boehner. it's pretty clear what they want to do is sort of an old school state of the union approach where you throw your agenda out there and then you actually travel the country and sell it. this president didn't do it with health care very well and didn't do it with previous state of the unions. something got in the way. the plan is not to let something get in the way. >> chuck todd, a great job of scrubbing your comments of washington speak tonight too. chuck, thank...
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president obama and speaker boehner met privately yesterday. nbc news first read team makes this point. if the plan is to get something passed by friday, december 21, right before the christmas holiday, then the legislation has to be written by december 18th and that means that obama and boehner must reach a deal by december 14th, 15th if there is going to be a deal. so the time for posturing and pr is over. a new political poll shows that likely voters support the president's tax increase on the upper brackets. 60% favor raising taxes on households that earn more than $250,000. 64% favor raising taxes on large corporations. 33 oppose. the poll asked likely voters, do you believe that if we raise taxes on households that earn over $250,000 per year, it will have a negative impact on the economy. 38% said yes. 58% got it right and said no. today president obama outlined the deficit reduction legislation he would sign into law. >> what you need is a package that keeps taxes where they are for middle class families, we make some stuff spending cut
president obama and speaker boehner met privately yesterday. nbc news first read team makes this point. if the plan is to get something passed by friday, december 21, right before the christmas holiday, then the legislation has to be written by december 18th and that means that obama and boehner must reach a deal by december 14th, 15th if there is going to be a deal. so the time for posturing and pr is over. a new political poll shows that likely voters support the president's tax increase on...
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your ford dealer. >> if john boehner can't control his caucus is anyone in charge? maybe the tortilla caucus according to roll call, in the basement of the tex-mex joint. a small group of house republicans had a not so secret, secret meeting with senator ted cruz. also, at tortilla coast at the time, house majority whip, republican kevin mccarthy. who was apparently not on the invite list to the secret meeting, but just happened to go to dinner there. a source told role call mccarthy seemed particularly interested in what the group was up to. i'll bet he was. ted cruz had no trouble finding the time to dine with house republicans last night. but today, ted cruz and mike lee failed to show up at the all-important senate republican lunch meeting where all republicans, senators have a chance to heard on the latest strategy ted cruz's office and why he missed the single most important thing on his schedule today. the statement said that cruz "had a previous commitment that went long." joining me now, nbc news capitol hill correspondent, like russert, and former congress
your ford dealer. >> if john boehner can't control his caucus is anyone in charge? maybe the tortilla caucus according to roll call, in the basement of the tex-mex joint. a small group of house republicans had a not so secret, secret meeting with senator ted cruz. also, at tortilla coast at the time, house majority whip, republican kevin mccarthy. who was apparently not on the invite list to the secret meeting, but just happened to go to dinner there. a source told role call mccarthy...
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this is unprecedented for john boehner. he's never directly responded to president obama in this type of address, national television, him in the room, no reporters, nobody else. it's going to happen in the speaker's ceremonial office off the side of the lobby. we're expected to hear a real verbal rebuke of whatever the president says, a real support of the plan he put forward, stressing it's a common sense idea, he believes in bipartisan support. their aides saying this was brought to harry reid and dismissed, democrats dispute that, but expect that line of thought from john boehner. >> just to follow up on the republican response, there's a very state of the union structure tonight, first from the president, then the response. but in state of the union addresses, the opposing party takes some time to think about who should deliver that response. and the best positions to do it. was there any discussion that maybe this message should be delivered by someone other than john boehner? >> no, not at all. and as you know, lawre
this is unprecedented for john boehner. he's never directly responded to president obama in this type of address, national television, him in the room, no reporters, nobody else. it's going to happen in the speaker's ceremonial office off the side of the lobby. we're expected to hear a real verbal rebuke of whatever the president says, a real support of the plan he put forward, stressing it's a common sense idea, he believes in bipartisan support. their aides saying this was brought to harry...
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did john boehner fumble this? >> you have to see republicans are in a corner. >> what this underscores is the war within the republican party right now. >> the house republicans initially were against a one-year extension, now they're for this one-year extension. >> is this because speaker boehner can't count, or is it simply that he is now utterly powerless because the congress is run by extremists and will pursue their agenda even if it ruins the lives of 160 americans? >> a lot of these neophytes in congress, it's not that they don't get it. they don't care. they literally were elected to come here and blow the place up. >> boehner has been in trouble since the day he walked in with this group. >> here's boehner's problem. eric cantor is stabbing that guy in the back. >> we're just a little ways away from the white house where the president sits. why doesn't he come join us here to try and make this happen? >> this from the same individual whose conduct over the last year has virtually ruined every attempt at c
did john boehner fumble this? >> you have to see republicans are in a corner. >> what this underscores is the war within the republican party right now. >> the house republicans initially were against a one-year extension, now they're for this one-year extension. >> is this because speaker boehner can't count, or is it simply that he is now utterly powerless because the congress is run by extremists and will pursue their agenda even if it ruins the lives of 160...
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what john boehner needed them to do was shut up and vote. he knew virtually all the democrats would vote for it and another republicans would join them. 182 democrats and 75 republicans voted for it. so john boehner got a dead cat off his doorstep, the dead house republican bill that would have nullified president obama's executive action on immigration, a bill that would have been vetoed. what john boehner did today he could have done weeks ago if he was the leader of the house republicans, but they have no leader. instead, what john boehner had to do is go through weeks of pretending that the hopeless house republican bill had a chance, weeks of trying to convince the delusional in his party that he was with them 100%. the bill that has now passed the house and the senate, the only bill that ever could have passed is on its way to the white house for president obama's signature for the full funding of the homeland security department. president obama said today that he didn't watch benjamin netanyahu's speech, because he was on a videoconf
what john boehner needed them to do was shut up and vote. he knew virtually all the democrats would vote for it and another republicans would join them. 182 democrats and 75 republicans voted for it. so john boehner got a dead cat off his doorstep, the dead house republican bill that would have nullified president obama's executive action on immigration, a bill that would have been vetoed. what john boehner did today he could have done weeks ago if he was the leader of the house republicans,...
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they're going to try to whip up support for boehner's border bill. but they're about to head into a recess and they can't find the votes. >> david, back to the senate. there is an unprecedented situation going on there on this amendment. this situation where the no amendments, by the way, they're not allowed on the majority side either. this is a the 21st century phenomena. this is the kind of legislation with some standard kind of amending procedure probably would have moved in the senate, even with the players who are in there now. >> well, i don't know if we know whether it would move, whether republicans would city try to delay it. as you know, there are a lot of different ways to delay, there's filibuster, there's extending debate on every amendment. so harry reid tried to get it through quickly, because there is indeed this humanitarian crisis everyone talks about. you know, i don't quite know what the calculation was on his side. but it seems that the house is completely stalled and it doesn't matter what's going to happen in the house. it loo
they're going to try to whip up support for boehner's border bill. but they're about to head into a recess and they can't find the votes. >> david, back to the senate. there is an unprecedented situation going on there on this amendment. this situation where the no amendments, by the way, they're not allowed on the majority side either. this is a the 21st century phenomena. this is the kind of legislation with some standard kind of amending procedure probably would have moved in the...
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john boehner not taking it up, as dick durbin said. if you want tax certainty, you can pass that bill tomorrow and we will have it. >> again, lawrence, the interesting thing here is that democrats are now beginning to understand that framing this issue so the public understand it is 90% of winning the game. and the issue is not, do you extend the tax cuts for everybody or for some people. that's the way the republicans like to frame it. the real issue is do you extend the bush tax cuts for everyone up until the first $250,000 of their incomes? or do you extend the tax cuts for earnings above $250,000. in other words, what the democrats are proposing and the president is proposing is everybody, rich, middle class, everybody gets a tax cut, an extension of the bush tax cut, up until $250,000. >> up to $250,001, it will be the clinton tax rates. it's not that big a deal. why aren't republicans putting up a fuss? >> robert reich, we're one day closer to going off the cliff. thank you very much for joining me tonight. >> thanks, lawrence. w
john boehner not taking it up, as dick durbin said. if you want tax certainty, you can pass that bill tomorrow and we will have it. >> again, lawrence, the interesting thing here is that democrats are now beginning to understand that framing this issue so the public understand it is 90% of winning the game. and the issue is not, do you extend the tax cuts for everybody or for some people. that's the way the republicans like to frame it. the real issue is do you extend the bush tax cuts...
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he knows boehner is in a bind here. the expectation is the caucus is going to have to reach them on revenues. >> so the thing that's at their backs that is going to force them into some kind of conversation is that very harsh trigger that's already built into law? >> yeah. that is a very harsh trigger for both sides. obviously it includes a ton of defense cuts that the defense industry warned against and the defense secretary warned against. it includes hundreds of billions of dollars in medicare cuts and additional spending cuts that neither side really wants to see pulled. now, there are some chatter on the hill as to whether the charter for the supercommittee can be amended. triggers are meant to not be pulled. you also remember, you have a year until they're actually pulled. the supercommittee is supposed to report out and have a report by the end of december. the triggers aren't pulled until the turn of 2013. there's a way to get around it. the expectation from everyone i talk to inside the administration and outsi
he knows boehner is in a bind here. the expectation is the caucus is going to have to reach them on revenues. >> so the thing that's at their backs that is going to force them into some kind of conversation is that very harsh trigger that's already built into law? >> yeah. that is a very harsh trigger for both sides. obviously it includes a ton of defense cuts that the defense industry warned against and the defense secretary warned against. it includes hundreds of billions of...
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for john boehner, something worse happened. the secretary of the treasury told him that we are getting very close to hitting the debt ceiling once again. john boehner has enjoyed the most chaotic and least powerful speakership in modern times, mostly because of the debt ceiling, which i think was actually predicted by someone on election night in 2010 when the republicans won back the house of representatives. >> this is a challenge for boehner in the house. he must pass a debt ceiling increase in his republican house of representatives. >> that was way back when most members of congress did not know what the debt ceiling was because it had always been increased routinely and almost without comment and definitely without news media attention. when president obama was last asked about the debt ceiling just before christmas, he actually said something kind of crazy. >> will you negotiate with house republicans on the debt ceiling? >> you know the answer to this question? no, we're not going to negotiate for congress to do pay bil
for john boehner, something worse happened. the secretary of the treasury told him that we are getting very close to hitting the debt ceiling once again. john boehner has enjoyed the most chaotic and least powerful speakership in modern times, mostly because of the debt ceiling, which i think was actually predicted by someone on election night in 2010 when the republicans won back the house of representatives. >> this is a challenge for boehner in the house. he must pass a debt ceiling...
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does he side with john boehner? because they are certainly going to have to make concessions on tax rates. and what does that mean for him? how does that box him in for 2016? >> tea party too? >> there are 30 republican governors. there is a huge base of competency building out there. and if the president's not careful, by 2014, five or six of those state capitals are going to look a lot more competent than washington, d.c. and so there's a real -- and these are people who are winning elections, broad-based coalitions. christie is an example. but although he didn't do all that well in this last round, rick perry is another example. rick perry is a smart guy. it's the second biggest state. he is eagerly awaiting californiansi] migrating to tex in large numbers, which they would. >> because of the tax rate? >> the tax rate of california is one of the great opportunities of texas and florida of all time, and they'll both take advantage of it. you're going to see a very different republican party. it's not just going to
does he side with john boehner? because they are certainly going to have to make concessions on tax rates. and what does that mean for him? how does that box him in for 2016? >> tea party too? >> there are 30 republican governors. there is a huge base of competency building out there. and if the president's not careful, by 2014, five or six of those state capitals are going to look a lot more competent than washington, d.c. and so there's a real -- and these are people who are...
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. >>> coming up, the single stupidest thing that john boehner has ever said. i know you're probably going to think it's something else. but i think it's something he said this week, and it's in the "rewrite." with my friends, we'll do almost anything. out for drinks, eats. i have very well fitting dentures. i like to eat a lot of fruits. love them all. the seal i get with the super poligrip free keeps the seeds from getting up underneath. even well-fitting dentures let in food particles. super poligrip is zinc free. with just a few dabs, it's clinically proven to seal out more food particles so you're more comfortable and confident while you eat. a lot of things going on in my life and the last thing i want to be thinking about is my dentures. [ charlie ] try zinc free super poligrip. >>> in the spotlight tonight, the politics of scandal. the editors of the conservative national review, published an editorial entitled "scandal is not an agenda." republicans must regard the scandal. republicans should not jump to conclusions about how high up the white house ch
. >>> coming up, the single stupidest thing that john boehner has ever said. i know you're probably going to think it's something else. but i think it's something he said this week, and it's in the "rewrite." with my friends, we'll do almost anything. out for drinks, eats. i have very well fitting dentures. i like to eat a lot of fruits. love them all. the seal i get with the super poligrip free keeps the seeds from getting up underneath. even well-fitting dentures let in...
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does he side with john boehner? because they are certainly going to have to make concessions on tax rates. and what does that mean for him? how does that box him in for 2016? >> tea party too? >> there are 30 republican governors. there is a huge base of competency building out there. and if the president's not careful, by 2014, five or six of those state capitals are going to look a lot more competent than washington, d.c. and so there's a real -- and these are people who are winning elections, broad-based coalitions. christie is an example. but although he didn't do all that well in this last round, rick perry is another example. rick perry is a smart guy. it's the second biggest state. he is eagerly awaiting californians migrating to texas in large numbers, which they would. >> because of the tax rate? >> the tax rate of california is one of the great opportunities of texas and florida of all time, and they'll both take advantage of it. you're going to see a very different republican party. it's not just going to
does he side with john boehner? because they are certainly going to have to make concessions on tax rates. and what does that mean for him? how does that box him in for 2016? >> tea party too? >> there are 30 republican governors. there is a huge base of competency building out there. and if the president's not careful, by 2014, five or six of those state capitals are going to look a lot more competent than washington, d.c. and so there's a real -- and these are people who are...
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john boehner comes out, john boehner, i respect, i worked with, i like him very much, john boehner comes out this spring and says, we're going to save $38 billion and that's the only reason we're reopening the federal government. we find out a month later that instead of $38 billion saved for taxpayers it was $300 million. and then we find out a month later, cbo scores and says, actually, this isn't going to save us $38 billion. it's going to cost us $7 billion. more a year. this is -- listen, if this were just democrats doing it, we wouldn't have run newt gingrich out of town in 1998. washington can't cut spending. why? >> we have cut spending. we did it in. we did $250 billion in spending cuts. >> did you really? >> yeah. and what's true about it is. >> real spending cuts? >> yes. what's -- absolutely. >> the spending -- >> in real dollars went for something. we enacted -- >> a lie on the table. >> lie on the table. we have done spending cuts many times. you want to pretend every spending cut is a lie. that's not true. we did $250 billion. now what is true, is later, we amended about $
john boehner comes out, john boehner, i respect, i worked with, i like him very much, john boehner comes out this spring and says, we're going to save $38 billion and that's the only reason we're reopening the federal government. we find out a month later that instead of $38 billion saved for taxpayers it was $300 million. and then we find out a month later, cbo scores and says, actually, this isn't going to save us $38 billion. it's going to cost us $7 billion. more a year. this is -- listen,...
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speaker boehner's. so you see what they are trying to do at least in the public, in the marketing campaign of this. in putting this pressure and ramping it up. as for the pay fors, one of the things that we have been told behind the scenes is that he is going to have a specific plan that he will give the so-called super committee for the debt reduction. and what seemed to be and i think going into this and lawrence picked up on this really well when they go through the pay-fors, that's us speaking too much washington speak here. my apologies here, when they figure out how to pay for this sb with is no going to be having too find another $450 billion that the super committee has to go and find and do. for you can argue that's what they view the legislative strategy as. which is simply put, let's put the burden on the super committee. >> will he take this all the way home? eric cantor probably won't get his vote. but bringing it home, very a list for transportation of america. thousands and thousands of b
speaker boehner's. so you see what they are trying to do at least in the public, in the marketing campaign of this. in putting this pressure and ramping it up. as for the pay fors, one of the things that we have been told behind the scenes is that he is going to have a specific plan that he will give the so-called super committee for the debt reduction. and what seemed to be and i think going into this and lawrence picked up on this really well when they go through the pay-fors, that's us...
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does he side with john boehner? because they are certainly going to have to make concessions on tax rates. and what does that mean for him? how does that box him in for 2016? >> tea party too? >> there are 30 republican governors. there is a huge base of competency building out there. and if the president's not careful, by 2014, five or six of those state capitals are going to look a lot more competent than washington, d.c. and so there's a real -- and these are people who are winning elections, broad-based coalitions. christie is an example. but although he didn't do all that well in this last round, rick perry is another example. rick perry is a smart guy. it's the second biggest state. he is eagerly awaiting californians migrating to texas in large numbers, which they will. >> because of the tax rate? >> the tax rate of california is one of the great opportunities of texas and florida of all time, and they'll both take advantage of it. you're going to see a very different republican party. it's not just going to
does he side with john boehner? because they are certainly going to have to make concessions on tax rates. and what does that mean for him? how does that box him in for 2016? >> tea party too? >> there are 30 republican governors. there is a huge base of competency building out there. and if the president's not careful, by 2014, five or six of those state capitals are going to look a lot more competent than washington, d.c. and so there's a real -- and these are people who are...
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a boehner campaign aide told nbc news that romney and boehner discussed, quote, the best way forward for republicans in the 2012 election. >>> joining me now are ana marie cox, a political correspondent for guardian u.s., and david corn, the washington bureau chief for "mother jones" magazine, and an msnbc political analyst. ana marie, i am very surprised that the speaker and the republican nominee for president did not discuss, apparently, the governing of the united states of america. they simply discussed the republican campaign going forward. >> right. the best way forward for republicans, not the best way forward for, you know, america in general. >> yeah, for republicans, which is less than 40% of americans. yeah. >> exactly. and a lot of republicans don't trust republicans, apparently. >> right, yeah. >> i do wonder how that poll would have changed if, in fact, people were asked, do you think republicans are standing in the way of recovery, not intentionally trying to block it, even. that goes to motive and sometimes i think, do we wonder that republicans are actually maliciou
a boehner campaign aide told nbc news that romney and boehner discussed, quote, the best way forward for republicans in the 2012 election. >>> joining me now are ana marie cox, a political correspondent for guardian u.s., and david corn, the washington bureau chief for "mother jones" magazine, and an msnbc political analyst. ana marie, i am very surprised that the speaker and the republican nominee for president did not discuss, apparently, the governing of the united states...
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there are some fun things to unpack in what john boehner said. first, boehner sounds like he believes democrats are willing to go off the cliff, as i have been urging them to do, since that is the only way to bring republicans to the negotiating table quickly and get any kind of reasonable outcome. boehner's use of the phrase "tank our economy," is also important, because he's accepting cbo's description of what would happen. boehner is admitting that the spending cuts that will be triggered on january 1st, unless congress negotiates some other agreement, will help tank the economy, along with an increase in the income tax rates. but, remember that republican orthodoxy now, which is to say the republican lie now, the republican economic insanity now is that government spending does not affect jobs in any way. doesn't create jobs. but there's boehner saying that cuts in government spending will tank the economy, just as cbo says it will, and will increase unemployment. of course, we will not go into recession if we actually do go off the cliff on
there are some fun things to unpack in what john boehner said. first, boehner sounds like he believes democrats are willing to go off the cliff, as i have been urging them to do, since that is the only way to bring republicans to the negotiating table quickly and get any kind of reasonable outcome. boehner's use of the phrase "tank our economy," is also important, because he's accepting cbo's description of what would happen. boehner is admitting that the spending cuts that will be...
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let's listen to what john boehner had to say today about health care reform republican style. >> when you look at obama care, what you see is a government-centered health care delivery system. that's not what the american people want. the american people want to pick their own type of insurance, their own doctor, their own hospital. that's what a patient-centered health care system looks like. >> will that be up for a vote in 2014, a plan like that? >> will that be up in 2014? >> we'll see. >> steve schmidt, the guy can't even take the question seriously. the republicans in the house would vote on anything involving health care from their side, an idea from their side. >> it's interesting, one of the founders of the democratic leadership council out with a book today that charts bill clinton's rise to power. when you look at bill clinton coming to power after three disastrous elections where the democratic party was viewed as unelectable by a lot of the country, it was fueled by ideas, by platform, by a vision of where to lead to reinvent the party. and you see the great deficit in th
let's listen to what john boehner had to say today about health care reform republican style. >> when you look at obama care, what you see is a government-centered health care delivery system. that's not what the american people want. the american people want to pick their own type of insurance, their own doctor, their own hospital. that's what a patient-centered health care system looks like. >> will that be up for a vote in 2014, a plan like that? >> will that be up in 2014?...